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Mineralogy Lab
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A lab that explores climate and environmental change through the growth and dissolution of minerals.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading changes of the Earth through mineral reactions.
Professor Yoshihiro Kuwahara's lab analyzes, at the nanoscale and atomic scale, the reactions in which mineral crystals grow and dissolve at the interface where minerals meet water.
The lab is also interested in the relationship between these reactions and the Earth's climate change and environmental change, and is pursuing research on it.
Mineral growth and dissolution reactions are thought to affect the quality of surface water and groundwater, the weathering of rocks, minerals, and soils, the transport and remediation of pollutants, and even the global climate.
This research requires broad perspectives and specialized knowledge, and it has developed through research approaches that span many fields.
Key terms
- Nanoscale
- A scale of extremely small sizes, close to those of atoms and molecules; a world that cannot be seen with the naked eye or an optical microscope
- Weathering
- The gradual change of rocks and minerals under the action of water and air
- Alteration
- The change of minerals or rocks into different properties or compositions through reaction with surrounding water and other agents
ResearchResearch themes
The lab closely examines the reactions in which mineral crystals grow and dissolve in water, and explores how these reactions relate to the Earth's climate change and environmental change. It focuses on minerals commonly found at the Earth's surface, using changes that accompany weathering and alteration as clues.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis of Mineral Growth and Dissolution Reactions
The lab analyzes, at the nanoscale and atomic scale, the reactions in which mineral crystals grow and dissolve at the interface where minerals meet water, with the aim of understanding them.
*Illustrative imageClimate and Environmental Change Explored through Changes in Minerals
Targeting mica minerals and carbonate and sulfate minerals, the lab captures in detail the changes that accompany weathering and alteration. From those data, it reconstructs past global environments and climate change, working to clarify their causes and to predict future environmental change.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorYoshihiro Kuwahara
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Brown calcite crystals ( )” James Petts from London, England / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Analysis of Mineral Growth and Dissolution Reactions: “Gold-crystals” Alchemist-hp (talk) www.pse-mendelejew.de / CC BY-SA 3.0 de (cropped)
- Climate and Environmental Change Explored through Changes in Minerals: “Speleothem Kawachi” Kingfiser / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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